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There is always a bit of madness when Dirk van Duijvenbode steps on the board.
The Dutchman is an extroverted player who lets his emotions run free.
At the Darts World Championship, too, the "Titan" pulls striking grimaces, drumming his fists on his chest, making the arm saw and screaming after winning legs.
The reaction to the win in the thriller against Rob Cross, however, reached a peak even on the escalation scale of the eggplant gorilla, which is open to the top.
Van Duijvenbode jumped and roared through Alexandra Palace after winning the decider in the decisive fifth set with a twelve-darter.
Everything had to go.
Van Duijvenbode opened his eyes to himself
99 points had to be deleted, Cross was already waiting twelve points. Van Duijvenbode dropped again, refocused and was successful in the end on double 18.
After Adrian Lewis, Cross, who was seeded at number five, was the second ex-champion to be eliminated.
Who is the boss?
Dirk van Duijvenbode is in the third round after defeating Rob Cross (right)
Source: AP / Kieran Cleeves
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“I'm speechless,” confessed the Dutchman, who works on an eggplant plantation alongside his job as a professional darts player.
Over the entire duration, the match had been at eye level.
The better scoring of his opponent (95.54 to 92.39), Cross had compensated with an excellent rate of 53.3 percent on the double fields.
In the end, only one shot for the third round was possibly missing.
Van Duijvenbode will meet Adam Hunt there after Christmas.
In the world rankings, the Dutchman has already climbed nine places to 34th.
When he had collected himself a little, he also explained how his performance explosion had come about in the past year.
“It might sound a bit strange, but I talked to myself,” he revealed. “I was wondering if I would like to continue to fail on a regular basis.
So I tried again and actually started training.
I never trained before.
Also because I was hurt a lot.
That's why I also invested money in osteopathy.
I also sat down with my supplier.
Then I finally got arrows that I can play well with. "
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DVD now also employs a mental trainer.
He's currently working to ensure that his player stays calm and focused and doesn't freak out so much.
He still has a lot of work to do.
“But the most important thing is self-confidence,” says van Duijvenbode.
And there is certainly no shortage of that.
Tuesday's games
2nd round:
Brendan Dolan (NIL / 30) - Edward Foulkes (JPN) 3-1
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Joe Cullen (ENG / 16) - Wayne Jones (ENG) 3-0
Simon Whitlock (AUS / 18) - Darius Labanauskas (LTU) 3: 2
Adrian Lewis (ENG / 21) - Danny Baggish (USA) 1: 3
After the win, Danny Baggish bursts into tears
Danny Baggish is surprisingly in the third round of the Darts World Cup.
The American lost his mother this year and his brother suffered a stroke the day before the match against Adrian Lewis.
After the victory, the emotions break out of him.
Here you can see the highlights of the first session on the eighth day of the World Cup.
Source: DAZN / WELT
Danny Noppert (NED / 25) - Cameron Carolissen (SAF) 3: 1
Devon Petersen (SAF / 29) - Steve Lennon (IRL) 3-1
Rob Cross (ENG / 5) - Dirk van Duijvenbode (NED) 2-3
Dimtri van den Bergh (BEL / 9) - Paul Lim (HKG) 3: 0
The games on Wednesday
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2nd round
from 1 p.m.
Ricky Evans (ENG / 32) - Mickey Mansell (NIL)
Gary Anderson (SCO / 13) - Madars Razma (LAT)
Stephen Bunting (ENG / 26) - Andy Boulton (ENG)
Mensur Suljovic (AUT / 20) - Matthew Edgar (ENG)
from 19 clock
Dave Chisnall (ENG / 8) - Keegan Brown (ENG)
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Jermaine Wattimena (NED / 24) - Nick Kenny (WAL)
Nathan Aspinall (ENG / 6) - Scott Waites (ENG)
Michael Smith (ENG / 4) - Jason Lowe (ENG)
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